Torii Hunter, Detroit Tigers Agree To Two-Year, $26 Million Deal

All-star outfielder Torii Hunter has reached an agreement with the Detroit Tigers on a two-year, $26 million contract, a MLB source said Wednesday.

According to the source, Hunter, a 14-year MLB veteran with a .277 career average, signed the deal Wednesday and has a physical scheduled for Friday.

Hunter’s previous five-year $90 million deal with the Angels expired after the 2012 season and the team subsequently failed to present him with a qualifying offer — one year at $13 million — thus forfeiting the compensatory draft pick they would have received since he signed elsewhere.

The Los Angeles Times notes Hunter dismissed the only offer the Angels made — one year at $5 million — as “low ball” and “disrespectful.”

Besides Detroit, the Texas Rangers, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Seattle Mariners, and Chicago White Sox were among the other teams interested in Hunter.